The Frugal Guy over at Frugal Living started a meme about you guessed it, frugal living. Actually his post is about one thing that one does well, and another that one does poorly in relation to frugalness. It’s an interesting question, at least for me, because relatively speaking I’m not all that frugal. My friends think I am, but in the personal finance blogsphere I feel outright decadent. So it was rather tough for me to think of something I’m really frugal with. I would’ve said clothes, but I realize just because I don’t buy any clothes doesn’t mean clothes don’t get brought for me.

I think I do good job when it comes to my transportation expenses. I’ve never purchased a new car. I’ve only gotten hand me down cars, and only in the last couple years. I didn’t have a car for the first 6 years out of school. I’m lucky because I live in Boston, and you can get away without having a car. Even now that I do have I car, I still don’t drive very much and take public transportation or walk when I can. I probably spend less than $300 a year on gas.

I’ve got plenty of things that I’m bad at, but the one that actually upsets me is that I spend too much money on Lunch. I pretty much go out everyday and spend between $5-$8 on buying lunch. I justify it because I never have leftovers because I don’t really cook, but in reality how difficult would it be for me to make a sandwhich? At the end of the day I rather take that money I could save at Lunch and blow it at a nice dinner :)